We're slowly working our way through the freezer as we get ready for vacation (5 days and counting!). Today I let Linds choose what to have (chicken or spaghetti) and she picked spaghetti. I had made this sauce two and a half weeks ago and absolutely loved it! The batch was enough for four meals, and makes a quick, homemade, delicious sauce...boiling water and heating it up is just too easy. Go ahead - give it a shot...I promise you'll like it!
Spaghetti Tomato/Meat Sauce
Ingredients
1 (28 ounce) can stewed tomatoes
1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
1 pound lean ground beef
2 yellow onions, chopped
6 cloves garlic, chopped
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 tablespoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
salt and pepper to taste
Directions
- Blend the stewed tomatoes and crushed tomatoes in a blender.
- In a large pot, brown the ground beef with the onions and garlic.
- Pour in tomatoes, and reduce heat.
- Add sugar, basil, oregano, salt and pepper, and cover.
- Simmer about 45 minutes. Serve warm over pasta of your choice.
The prep time was about 15 minutes - that included chopping the onion and garlic, as well as browning it and mixing the sauce together. This would be simple to toss together and put in the crockpot on low for those of you who work. And like I mentioned before, next time I make it, I'm going to substitute 1/2 lb. of sausage for 1/2 lb. of the beef. I think that will give it a nice kick! If you want to make it vegetarian, however, delete the meat out of the recipe and substitute in two tablespoons of olive oil.
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